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deployment (including 10,154 craft-times by the Ministry of National Defense (MND), and 10,392
craft-times by the NASC); 22,156 sorties (craft-times) of naval force deployment (including 1,107
craft-times by the MND, 15,818 craft-times by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) of the Ocean
Affairs Council (OAC), 2,347 craft-times of fire service lifeboats, and 2,884 craft-times of civilian

commercial and fishing boats); 33,135 person-times of SAR, and 512,180 person-times of mobi-
lized disaster rescue manpower. In addition, in coordination with foreign SAR units, there have
been 675 air force sorties, 800 craft-times of SAR vessels, and 837 craft-times of commercial and
fishing vessels. Overall, outstanding performance has been achieved and witnessed.

Figure 9-2 Task Performance Outcomes of the RRCCs from 2003 to 2022

7 Organs transfer missions
0%
1990 Disaster rescue missions
48 Aircraft crash rescue missions 22%
1%
856 Mountain accidents
9%

Implementation
2,158 Signal verification missions 476Patient transportation missions
Performance
24% 5%
from
2003 to 2022
2,883 Sea disaster rescue missions
648 Sea disaster coordination missions
32%
7%

(2) Organizing the "2022 NRCC Commendation Activities for Meritorious Personnel in Search and

Rescue"
Twenty years ago, after the Bazhang Creek Incident, the government immediately integrated

the rescue resources in the sea, land, and air of various SAR-related units; hence, the NRCC of
the Executive Yuan was formed. Over the past 20 years, the NRCC has been growing and refining
continuously, carrying out many difficult tasks, successfully rescuing many disaster victims, the in-

jured and the ailing, and safeguarding people’s lives.

Unlike the stereotype that the general SAR personnel are heroic in conducting rescues at the
scene of the incident, the 20 meritorious SAR personnel receiving the award this time for various
contributions are as follows: 14 were meritorious for "actually performing a SAR task," four for "di-

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